The Road to Power Begins with Taking the Fall

In 2025, Lu Chenzhou closed his eyes in despair. His career was in ruins, and his family had been destroyed.

When he opened them again, time had turned back. He was in the conference room in 2003, at the meeting that would decide his fate. “Lu Chenzhou, you have to take full responsibility for this mess!” Zhao Tiankuo's sharp accusation was exactly the same as in his previous life.

In his past life, he had bowed his head and admitted his guilt, and from then on had plunged into the abyss.

This time, he slowly raised his head, his gaze as calm as still water. “We need to determine who's responsible. But give me three months, and I can turn this hopeless situation around.” Thus began the very different political career of a reborn man carrying twelve years of memories from the future.

Starting out as a low-ranking official forced to take the blame, he would use his prescient insight to seize every policy opportunity, hearing thunder in the silence.

In the counties and townships, he broke the deadlock in investment promotion and used the momentum to cut down local power brokers.

In the city, he battled interest groups and emerged from a staged car accident reborn.

In the provincial capital, he maneuvered between energy giants and their protectors, making his moves in the west and laying plans for China.

Amid international power struggles and the tides of the times, he would make the decisive move for the nation's rejuvenation. This was a thorny road from the brink of ruin to the summit.

The political arena was turbulent and full of hidden currents. Old scores would be settled, and the regrets of history would be put right in this life.

See how Lu Chenzhou, in this magnificent new era...

burns his boats, rises to the top, and ultimately reaches a summit no one else has ever scaled.